Cast in Giuseppe Bavuso’s rigorous minimalist styling, the Trail work table for Lapalma boasts clean lines and an understated elegance. The shapely die-cast aluminum legs (in black, white or pewter) have a vaguely bird-like quality and support three surface formats: round, double and meeting. Tabletop material options include three wood veneer finishes, marble, and black or white 10-millimetre-thick HPL Fenix, the latter of which is suitable for outdoor use.

Stockholm studio Form Us With Love riffs on the traditional partitioned workspace with Cubicle, a combined oak-veneer bench and table structure that includes a protective 1.2-metre-tall screen. Designed for +Halle and intended for distraction-free focus, the unit was inspired by Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund’s built-in benches at his Woodland Chapel (1935) and can be configured as facing, side-by-side or solo “half-rooms.” Power outlets can be incorporated and seats can be bare or upholstered.

For her first collaboration with Davis Furniture, German designer Hanne Willmann produced the Vida family of tables, which combine pure geometric forms and considered details. Variants range from occasional to medium to conference, each featuring a sculptural powder-coated steel base (in one of more than 30 finishes) with curved profiles and varying degrees of openness that add a quiet grace to the hardy material. Tabletops have a reverse bevel edge and are offered in ash, oak and walnut veneers or Fenix in a range of colours.

Teknion’s Kupp Flip-Top work tables offer a hard-working solution for dynamic workspaces. Taking care with the details, the movable tables have precisely angled legs for straight-line nesting, two-sided worksurface finishes to ensure a clean look even when flipped to a vertical position, attachable modesty panels (in felt, laminate or flintwood) and optional power output and under-top bag hooks. A unique linking mechanism can connect multiple tables in different directions and a variety of colourways are available for the legs.